Plans to replace Orpington’s ‘eyesore’ football clubhouse in doubt

Plans to replace Orpington’s ‘eyesore’ football clubhouse in doubt

A South London council has opposed plans to replace an “eyesore” football clubhouse, despite the project receiving over 300 letters of support from residents.…

Get Inside The Words

Get Inside The Words

Michael HollandNov 2, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to walk inside a single word, A Birthday Garland is for you. Working with the…

POPE.L: HOSPITAL

POPE.L: HOSPITAL

Michael HollandNov 2, 2023

Pope.L’s wide ranging practice spans writing, painting, performance, installation, sculpture and video, which will be explored across both the SLG’s Main Gallery and Fire…

Let’s Talk About Football

Let’s Talk About Football

Michael HollandNov 1, 2023

Camberwell writer Matt Tiller has written a book about the untold story of Jack Leslie, the first black footballer to be selected for England…

Robert Bathurst Does Very Well

Robert Bathurst Does Very Well

Michael HollandNov 1, 2023

Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell but Robert Bathurst was well enough to stagger into the role at Soho’s iconic Coach & Horses, writes Michael Holland.…

Anniversary of Oh What a Lovely War: To be performed circus-style at Southwark Playhouse

Anniversary of Oh What a Lovely War: To be performed circus-style at Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandOct 30, 2023

Blackeyed Theatre has announced a major revival of Oh What a Lovely War to mark the 60th anniversary of Joan Littlewood’s epic anti-war musical. A cornerstone…

Review: The Confessions left me feeling simultaneously impressed and depressed

Review: The Confessions left me feeling simultaneously impressed and depressed

Michael HollandOct 29, 2023

Let’s get my confession out of the way. I did not enjoy this play. Playwright Alexander Zeldin says that he wrote with the intention…

Review: Rumble in the Jungle – Rematch

Review: Rumble in the Jungle – Rematch

Michael HollandOct 29, 2023

Travel back in time to Zaire in Africa, 1974. The proud nation had not long freed itself from evil colonists and were still in…

Sindi and Charmz Create Sparks

Sindi and Charmz Create Sparks

Michael HollandOct 28, 2023

Welcome to Brixton Lane! Forget the glass slipper or the pumpkin carriage this Christmas; join Sindi-Ella in this reimagined tale of Cinderella full of…

London’s most southerly constituency hails the protection of the one day travelcard

London’s most southerly constituency hails the protection of the one day travelcard

Croydon South MP Chris Philp has welcomed Tuesday’s announcement that paper travel cards would be saved as ‘good news’ for South Croydon. Philp, the…

Wimbledon expansion plans including 38 new courts approved by council despite public protest

Wimbledon expansion plans including 38 new courts approved by council despite public protest

The controversial expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis Club into the former Wimbledon Park golf club took a step further last night as…

Review: Manic Street Creature at Southwark Playhouse brilliantly gives songs for a tangled life

Review: Manic Street Creature at Southwark Playhouse brilliantly gives songs for a tangled life

Michael HollandOct 27, 2023

It was shortly after the end of her first song, the narrative barely in motion, when Maimuna Memon’s foot tangled in a guitar strap,…